Why the Iraqis had a problem with US tanks at night

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by MH

Well yeah...and sometimes you get also lucky besides being skillful.
Some modern toys actually makes it easier also regular ammo is not so bad and cheaper...it generally hits the target.

But the story was about a targetted kill with one shot at a hilarious distance wihgtout adequate ammo and adewquate scope.

Machineguns are not so much for targeted indsividual kill of individual targets, but they are more meant as area-supression-weapons. A guy at the eSim forums pointed out that this is indeed one of the major differences you see between how MG are (unrealistically) used in computergames, and how they are used in real life.